9万就能造房?这房子简直是所有人的理想...
For over a decade, several architecture students at Auburn University have worked on a nearly impossible problem. How do you design a home that someone living below the poverty line can afford, but that anyone would want–while also providing a living wage for the local construction team that builds it? In January, after years of building prototypes, the team finished their first pilot project in the real world. Partnering with a commercial developer outside Atlanta, in a tiny community called Serenbe, they built two one-bedroom houses, with materials that cost just $14,000 each. These architecture students and their advisors have spent more than a hundred thousand hours tweaking each detail of the house to optimize both the function and the price. The foundation of the house uses cantilevers , seesaw-like joists that help save wood and concrete and actually make the house stronger than a typical foundation would. But they also realized there were numerous issues, from dealing with insurance, to the bank. In a typical case, when someone is buying the house on a limited income and can't afford the $20,000, banks won't finance a mortgage for such a small amount of money. Originally, the project aimed for a house that would cost $20,000 in total, including construction, though they now believe that more money may be needed to provide a living wage for builders. They’ve rejected the idea of using factory-made prefab parts, because one of the main goals is to also provide jobs. Still, whatever the final cost, it will be cheap. And if someone wants to put it together themselves, it would cost less than $20,000. |